Chapter 442: Give her an imperial edict to stun her
Mu Ci sat motionless, thinking about coping with all changes by remaining unchanged.
Dugu Liancheng held her in his arms and carefully reviewed the memorial, as if there was no one on his lap.
Mu Ci sat blankly for a moment, then turned to look at Dugu Liancheng and found that his attention was all on the folding paper. So what does she look like sitting here?
Leg decoration?
Just when she was laughing at herself, Dugu Liancheng pinched her waist: "Don't move, disturb me from reading the booklet."
It's easy to distract him.
Mu Ci followed the trend: "I still——"
"I told you not to move, but you did!" She just spoke, and Dugu Liancheng scolded her in a low voice.
His tone made Mu Ci feel as if he was a child who had done something wrong and was being scolded by his parents.
Mu Ci thought for a while and finally decided to sit for a while. She was not the one who was tired anyway.
She sat blankly on Dugu Liancheng's lap, looking straight at the contents of the brochure.
"I plan to make you a concubine, and I will make a plan later." At this moment, Dugu Liancheng called back Mu Ci's lost souls with one word.
Mu Ci's mind was surging, but she remained calm on the surface. She thought about continuing to pretend to be deaf and mute, pretending not to hear anything, wondering if she could get away with it.
She knew the emperor's temper to some extent, knowing that he was a man of his word and a domineering person. If she did not agree to what he decided, she would probably arouse his rebellious mentality.
She was also thinking about this matter during the day, thinking that it would be wise to postpone it for one day and not to confront him tit for tat.
"Why, do you feel wronged by being my concubine?"
After waiting for Mu Ci's answer for a long time, the emperor became unhappy. He pinched Mu Ci's chin with great force.
Mu Ci grabbed Dugu Liancheng's wrist, "It's not that I don't want to, I just feel that being a concubine is too unfair for me. Think about it, I am the Queen Mother now, and I have a higher official position than you. Suddenly I want to be your concubine, then
Isn’t it equivalent to being demoted? It’s like you used to be an emperor, and suddenly you are asked to be a prince. Would you be willing?”
As she spoke, she forcefully removed Dugu Liancheng's hand from her chin.
That's ridiculous. Does she have to accept it if he says he wants to give it? What kind of logic?
Dugu Liancheng sneered when he heard this: "Then according to your wishes, do you still want to be the queen?"
It seems that there is only the Queen, whose position is similar to that of the Queen Mother, and she will not be demoted.
Otherwise, this woman is very calculating and unwilling to suffer any losses.
She also didn't think about it. When she gave birth to a prince in the future, she would be more valuable than her son, without any foresight.
"I don't dare to say that. But, if you are willing to give it, I will definitely accept it happily." Mu Cipi answered him with a smile, then quickly jumped off his lap and left without looking back.
Dugu Liancheng looked at her back.
If he is willing to give, she is willing to accept? So it is not that she is unwilling, but that she wants to get more and more practical things.
He also thought that if she didn't want to, he would just give her an imperial edict to confer concubine and knock her out, but that was not the case.
It's really hard to do now.
Anyway, there are not many people in his harem, so it is not impossible to make her a queen. However, the civil and military officials will definitely not agree.
He alone did not have the final say on such a big matter as the title of Queen. If the ministers objected, he could not force it.
He has been on the throne for less than two years. Losing the support of the people at this time is not necessarily a good thing.
Mu Ci left Dugu Liancheng with a difficult problem and left Xinuang Pavilion. She saw Mallow guarding outside and stopped.
"My slave, I respectfully invite the Queen Mother, Jin An." Mallow saluted to Mu Ci.
Mu Ci waved his sleeves lightly: "Without courtesy, you can serve the emperor forever."
After saying this, she strode away.
Mallow looked at Mu Ci's back with blurred eyes.
As a woman, Mu Ci can be so free and forthright, which really makes her envious.
She heard clearly the conversation between the Emperor and Mu Ci just now. Rather than saying that Mu Ci wanted the position of queen, it was better to say that Mu Ci was stalling for time.
If Mu Ci wants to become one of the emperor's concubines, she can first become the emperor's concubine and then slowly figure it out.
But on the contrary, Mu Ci opened her mouth loudly. Although she didn't say it clearly, the meaning expressed in her words was very clear. Unless she was allowed to become the queen, she felt that she would be at a loss.
Therefore, Mu Ci easily defeated her attempt to sow discord.
When Mu Ci left just now, he asked her to serve the emperor well. Even if she could become the emperor's woman one day, Mu Ci might not care, because Mu Ci was not jealous.
Qing Le's plan was perfect, but it was a pity that he met his opponent Mu Ci.
Mu Ci was not afraid of any woman in the harem, including her, the little imperial minister Shangyi.
And she could also see that Mu Ci was not obedient to the emperor like other concubines in the harem, nor was she desperately in love with the emperor.
Such Mu Ci had almost no weaknesses, and she didn't know how to deal with him.
Fortunately, this is something Qing Le should worry about. She only needs to obey Qing Le's orders.
After Mu Ci left, Mallow went to the Nuan Pavilion to wait on her, but she was not as energetic as before.
When Dugu Liancheng raised his eyes, he saw that Mallow's shoulders were slumped and she looked a little decadent. It's rare to see Mallow like this. She has always had a good temperament. Not only that, she is also quite talented, and her scholarly temperament is also particularly outstanding.
"What's going on? If you have suffered any grievances in Yanfu Palace, just tell me." Dugu Liancheng looked at Mallow and asked, without assuming the airs of an emperor, and his expression was no longer serious as before.
Mallow forced a smile: "I am the one in front of the emperor. Who dares to bully me?"
Her truthful words made Dugu Liancheng laugh: "If that's the case, how can you be unhappy?"
"My servant is not unhappy, I just thought of something and suddenly felt hopeless, and was a little discouraged for a moment." Mallow's words were also true.
She felt that Qing Le was just wasting her efforts and it was difficult for her to shoulder the important responsibilities.
Besides, the emperor's dragon bed was not so easy to climb on. She really didn't know how to start.
Before Mu Ci came, she thought she could sow discord and take the first step before she could take the second step.
But the first step failed. The emperor may have been considering whether to make Mu Ci his queen. How could she have enough time?
"You don't seem to be such a person without perseverance. Just because there is no hope now, does not mean that it will be the same in the future. There will always be exceptions." Dugu Liancheng replied slowly.
He remembered what Mu Ci had just said to him, and also recalled the proposal that Mallow had given him, and asked casually: "Mu Ci called herself the Queen Mother, and she didn't want to be my concubine, saying she was wronged. You say,
Is there any way to make her give in?"
Because Mu Ci has a good attitude, he cannot be too overbearing or unreasonable, so he still has to use a gentler approach to make Mu Ci willingly enter his harem.
